Further Job Information

The Mayors Taskforce for Jobs

A taskforce of 30 Mayors from around New Zealand  "working towards the ’zero waste’ of New Zealanders."
Their goal is:
* By 2005, no young person under 25 years will be out of work or training in our community
* By 2009, all people in our community will have the opportunity to be in work or training.
See their website at http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/mtfjobs.htm

Job creation and income generation potential for recycling and resource recovery in New Zealand, Dr John Robinson.

Download report here (pdf, 93KB)

Waste & Recycling in the US
Institute for Local Self-Reliance, 2000.

A study by the US Institute of Local Self Reliance has found that one job is created for every 15,000 tons of solid waste landfilled each year. For a similar amount of waste composted, seven jobs are created. If recycled, that material would generate nine jobs in collection and processing alone. This does not include the number of jobs that can then be created or retained in manufacturing.

www.ilsr.org

Creating Wealth from Waste
Robin Murray, 1999, Demos, London.

Recent German studies estimate that the national waste and recycling industry has more than 1000 firms employing an average of 150 people each, with a turnover of between 80-100 billion DM per year. This is larger than employment in either steel or telecommunications in Germany. Of these 150,000 German jobs, 17,000 have been created through packaging recycling alone.

Good Green Jobs, Joel Makower, (1995), California Department of Conservation, Sacremento

Re-inventing Waste - Towards a London Waste Strategy, Robin Murray, (1998), Ecologika, London

Warmer Bulletin, UK, Issue 71, March 2000

Biocycle

March 1995 The Jobs Letter, a bi-monthly New Zealand publication which examines employment issues, published an edition in February 2000 entitled "Jobs from Waste (pdf, 278KB) ".
This publication provides an excellent overview of current national and international trends with regards to employment created from waste.